Team News From The Yeovil Camp

Last updated : 06 March 2009 By Thetashkentterror
Luke Rodgers
Glovers striker Luke Rodgers spoke to the Western Daily Press ahead of tomorrow's game against Carlisle at Huish Park, Rodgers hoping to get back on the goalscoring trail :

"We need to start winning a few games, we are desperate to try to get the gaffer (Terry Skiverton) his first win. Carlisle is a massive game. We haven't won in the last four games and we desperately need to get a win. It is a concern. A lot of the other teams are winning below us so we have to get back to playing like we did four weeks ago.

"It is always different when the manager changes, everything is new and it can go either way. It can spark a reaction or go the opposite way. We need to try to get that win. Confidence comes from winning games. You know and I know we need a win. If we get a win that will drag other teams back into it.

"I know I didn't play to the best of my ability (at Walsall) but at the end of the day I had one chance. I know I can score goals and if I get the chance to play I am sure I will score again. I scored a couple of goals five weeks ago and the team was playing well and I want to get back to that."



Meanwhile midfielder Gary Roberts commented to the Press :

"I was loving it before the injury, it was bad timing. I was playing well at the time and then I got injured so I just have to knuckle down and get back to where I was five weeks ago. I went to stretch for a ball and it has come over my foot and my ankle has snapped the ligaments. Every game is one you want to win but Saturday's game is probably as much of a six pointer as we have had this season."



While forward Paul Warne told the Press :

"I only look at the league table when we win. If we lose I don't look at it because it is too ugly. After the run we had it looked alright and now everyone has picked up points and we haven't.

"Everyone says 50 or 52 points is safety but over the last few weeks all the lower teams seem to have played each other so they are all going to pick up points. It is when they play the higher teams that it might look different. I am not too concerned if we can get back to playing as well as we can. If we can't then we will be in a fight."



The Glovers have numerous 50-50 calls on injuries ahead of tomorrow's match at Huish Park. Midfielder Danny Schofield and player-manager Terry Skiverton are the best placed to feature as they come back from respective foot and knee injuries, while full-backs Nathan Smith (knee), Craig Alcock (knee) and Lee Peltier (ankle) are more borderline decisions.

Midfielder Darren Way is definitely out though as he continues his recovery and rehabilitation following a car accident in December which left him with serious injuries. In loanee-news Tottenham full-back Danny Hutchins could make his delayed debut for Yeovil after the postponement of Tuesday's game with Hereford, while the Glovers had a request turned down by cash-strapped Cheltenham earlier this week to take 27-year old striker Damian Spencer on loan from the Robins for the rest of the season.

The referee for tomorrow's match is David Phillips from Sussex, and he will be assisted down the lines by Brendan Malone from Salisbury in Wiltshire and Malcolm West from St Austell in Cornwall. Meanwhile the fourth official is James Cox from Evesham in Worcestershire.